Directed credits
26
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Juan Orol
Directing
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Directed movies: 26Directed series: 0All crew credits: 42
TMDB ID: 940940
IMDb ID: nm0650375
Known for: Directing
Born: August 4, 1897
Died: May 26, 1988
Age: 90
Place of birth: Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1927 - 2019
Years active: 93
Wikidata: Q3330652
Also known as
Juan Orol García • Juan Rogelio García • Juan Rogelio García García
Frequent jobs
Director (24)Assistant Director (1)Co-Director (1)Producer (11)Writer (5)
Biography
Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol, was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as The King of the Mexican Film noir. He was also known as The Involuntary Surrealist. He was a pioneer of the Mexican cinema's first talkies and one of the main promoters of the Rumberas film in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His films have been described as cult films.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Juan Orol.
Director
El tren de la muerte
1979 • Movie
Director
Pasiones infernales
1966 • Movie
Director
Sangre en la barranca
1963 • Movie
Director
Mi Borinquen querido
1963 • Movie
Director
Under the Cover of Night
1962 • Movie
Director
Thaimí, la hija del pescador
1960 • Movie
Director
Secretaria peligrosa
1958 • Movie
Director
El farol de la ventana
1958 • Movie
Director
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
1957 • Movie
Director
La mesera del café del puerto
1957 • Movie
Director
Under the influence of fear
1956 • Movie
Director
El sindicato del crimen
1954 • Movie
Director
The Goddess of Tahiti
1953 • Movie
Director
Perdición de mujeres
1951 • Movie
Director
Que idiotas son los hombres
1951 • Movie
Director
Madre querida
1951 • Movie
Director
Wild Love
1950 • Movie
Director
El charro del arrabal
1949 • Movie
Director
El Reino de los Gángsters
1948 • Movie
Director
Una mujer de Oriente
1946 • Movie
Assistant Director
Embrujo antillano
1946 • Movie
Director
Los misterios del hampa
1945 • Movie
Director
Cruel destino
1944 • Movie
Director
El derecho y el deber
1937 • Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Juan Orol.
Director
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
1957 • Movie
Director
El sindicato del crimen
1954 • Movie
Director
Madre querida
1951 • Movie
Director
Una mujer de Oriente
1946 • Movie
Director
Beloved Mother
1935 • Movie
Director
Perdición de mujeres
1951 • Movie
Director
Secretaria peligrosa
1958 • Movie
Director
La mesera del café del puerto
1957 • Movie
Producer
Cabaret Shanghai
1950 • Movie
Ni modo... así somos
1981 • Movie
Director
Mi Borinquen querido
1963 • Movie
Director
Wild Love
1950 • Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Juan Orol.
Writer
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1972 • Movie
Writer
La maldición de mi raza
1964 • Movie
Producer
Quiéreme con música
1957 • Movie
Producer
Sandra, the Woman of Fire
1954 • Movie
Producer
Hombres sin alma
1951 • Movie
Producer
The Hell of the Poor
1951 • Movie
Producer
Cabaret Shanghai
1950 • Movie
Producer
Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl
1948 • Movie
Producer
El amor de mi bohío
1947 • Movie
Writer
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
1947 • Movie
Writer
Pasiones tormentosas
1946 • Movie
Producer
Siboney
1940 • Movie
Writer
Eterna mártir
1937 • Movie
Producer
Honrarás a tus padres
1937 • Movie
Producer
El calvario de una esposa
1936 • Movie
Producer
Venganza suprema
1934 • Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Juan Orol.
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
2019 • Movie
Ni modo... así somos
1981 • Movie
Adriana del Rio, actriz
1979 • Movie
Mexico De Noche
1975 • Movie
as Larry
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1972 • Movie
as Jack
Under the Cover of Night
1962 • Movie
Secretaria peligrosa
1958 • Movie
as Tony Carpio
Under the influence of fear
1956 • Movie
El sindicato del crimen
1954 • Movie
Hombres sin alma
1951 • Movie
as Rizo
Perdición de mujeres
1951 • Movie
The Hell of the Poor
1951 • Movie